One Island East Explained

One Island East
Native Name:港島東中心
Status:Complete
Building Type:Office
Location:18 Westlands Road, Tai Koo Shing, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Top Floor:281.20NaN0[1]
Architectural:298m (978feet)[2]
Floor Count:69 (plus 2 level of basement)
Floor Area:144426m2
Elevator Count:37
Cost:HK$2,000,000,000[3]
Developer:Swire Properties
Architect:Wong & Ouyang
Main Contractor:Gammon Construction
Coordinates:22.2861°N 114.2134°W

One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

Overview

The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys[4] plus two levels of basement.[4] There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors.[4] In addition, there are 28 high-speed passenger lifts, six high-speed shuttle lifts between Main (G - 1/F) and Sky (37 - 38/F) lobbies, one passenger lift between the main lobby and basement carpark and two service lifts.[4]

One Island East was built under the first use of the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance (Cap 545), exercised by Swire in 2000.[5] Part of the site was previously occupied by Melbourne Industrial Building (23-floor industrial building demolished 2005) and Aik San Factory Building (22-floor industrial building demolished 2005)[6] which were acquired by the developer in 2002 and 2001 respectively.[7] The main contractor was Gammon Construction.[8]

Tenants

2008 Tropical Storm Kammuri

On 7 August 2008, within two hours of the hoisting of strong wind signal No.8 due to tropical storm Kammuri, some window panes of One Island East were shattered, sending shards of glass across the street and damaging the windows of four flats at Westlands Court. There were no injuries.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: One Island East Centre - The Skyscraper Centre . Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
  2. Web site: One Island East. SkyscraperPage.com. 2007-08-14.
  3. Web site: One Island East. Skyscrapers.cn. July 2006. 2008-06-28.
  4. Web site: One Island East. 2007-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071013024147/http://www.oneislandeast.com.hk/specifications.html . 2007-10-13.
  5. http://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2045734/hong-kong-2030-plus-it-really-planning-or-just-guesswork Hong Kong 2030 Plus: is it really planning or just guesswork?
  6. Web site: One Island East. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128054939/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1islandeastcentre-hongkong-china. dead. 28 January 2007. Emporis.com. 2007-09-19.
  7. http://www.swireproperties.com/NR/rdonlyres/08B3CF68-6CA6-43D4-977C-EB3F5311CCA6/0/milestone_v7.swf
  8. Web site: One Island East. Skyscraper Center. 15 December 2019.
  9. Web site: Dozens hurt as Kammuri sweeps in and out of city . Wong . Adele. 2008-08-07. The Standard. 2008-09-20.

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